Fix fan noise on Acer S3-391

If your Acer S3-391 fan has a very loud noise and turn on frequently, then this program can help you fix it: Acer S3-391 Fan Fix

Original forum post is located here.

RDP issue with some microsoft remote desktop client when credential is correct

You cannot rdp to some windows computer even though the credential is correct, the following may fix your issue:

Save a RDP Connection to the Desktop. After this open the RDP File in notepad and append the following Line:

enablecredsspsupport:i:0

Save the file and open it.

Get date and time in windows batch script to use for naming file

you can use the following script to get date and time in windows batch script to use for naming file (it's locale depend, you need to change the delims for other region and time)


@echo off
For /f "tokens=2-4 delims=/ " %%a in ('date /t') do (set current_date=%%c-%%a-%%b)
For /f "tokens=1-2 delims=/:" %%a in ('time /t') do (set current_time=%%a%%b)
REM 24hr/military format
For /f "tokens=1-2 delims=/:" %%a in ("%TIME%") do (set current_military_time=%%a%%b)
echo %current_date%
echo %current_time%
echo %current_military_time%

Uninstalling a corrupted Citrix Receiver client

When your Citrix Receiver client become corrupted, uninstalling it can be very painful. Fortunately, VTI-Ryan at the Citrix forum wrote an instruction on how to remove it (http://forums.citrix.com/thread.jspa?threadID=305661&tstart=30).

Here's the steps:


1 – Login as an admin.

2 – Download Revo Uninstaller Pro Trial from www.revouninstaller.com

3 - Download the latest version of Citrix Receiver from www.citrix.com


4 – Using standard Windows uninstaller uninstall all Citrix apps. Don’t worry if these may fail. This includes…

• Citrix Receiver (You will often find 2 instances of this)
• Citrix Online – Plugin
• Citrix Logmein

5 – Once all Citrix apps have been removed via Windows uninstalle

r, run the Revo Uninstaller Pro installer. Once installed, open the Revo Uninstaller Pro Trial and look under the “all programs” tab and search for any leftover Citrix apps.

5a – Highlight and double-click the application to start the advanced uninstaller.

5b – If the uninstaller fails again, select the “advanced” option and click “scan” to search for traces of the app.

5c – Once traces are found, a screen will appear saying “found leftover registry items”. Click “select all” and click
“delete”. Select “yes” to confirm removal.

5d – Next a screen will appear saying “Found leftover files and folders”. Click “Select all” and “delete”, then click “yes” to confirm removal”.

6 - Once all citrix apps are removed under “all programs”, select the “Traced programs” tab, and type in “Citrix”. If anything is found, select the app and go through the removal process.

7 – Next, you will select the “Forced Uninstall” tab on top.

7a – Select the “advanced” option

7b – under “Program’s exact name”, enter “citrix” and select “next”

7c – If any apps are found, re-select “advanced” on top, highlight the app and select “next”

7d – Next a screen will appear saying “Performing the initial analysis and uninstall” – Select “scan”

7e – next a screen will appear saying “Found leftover registry items”. Click “Select All” and click “Delete”. Select “yes” to confirm. (If it says it cant delete the files selected, you can search for the open processes or use unlocker 1.91 to kill the process and delete the files. This is a very useful tool. If you use this, I recommend making a donation. (http://www.emptyloop.com/unlocker/)

8 - Keep repeating step 7 until nothing more is found. This process will need to be ran on the admin and user profile.

8a – Next a screen will appear stating “Found leftover Registry items”

8b – click “Select All” and click “Delete”. Select “yes” to confirm

8c – Next a screen will appear saying “Found leftover files and folders”. Click “Select all”, click “delete”. Select “yes” to confirm.

9 – Select the “Junk Files Cleaner” icon on the left, and then click “Scan” on top.

9a – Once done scanning, select “delete” on top, with all boxes checked.

10 – You can now close the Revo Uninstaller

11 – Run the Citrix Receiver installation file that was downloaded earlier.

Clean install of Windows 8 with Technet/MSDN key

Sometime you want to do a clean install of your computer with your Technet/MSDN key, but you might get the following error due to the fact that the computer might already have the OEM key stored:

The product key entered does not match any of the Windows images available for installation. Enter a different product key.

Solution:

The solution is mentioned in Microsoft's website (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2790964), but i have expanded the instruction in detail for those that might have trouble following the original.

1. install windows 8 to usb using the microsoft usb download tool

2. create a PID.txt in /sources with your product key as follow: (ex: E:\sources\PID.txt)

[PID]

Value=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX

3. create a EI.cfg file in /sources as follow: (ex: E:\sources\EI.cfg)

[EditionID]

{Edition ID}

[Channel]

{Channel Type}

[VL]

{Volume License}

The edition configuration file (EI.cfg) determines which edition of Windows to install and which license to use during Windows Setup. Where {Edition ID} must be a valid Windows Edition ID such as Core, Professional and Enterprise. Or (ProfessionalN, EnterpriseN). {Channel Type} can be OEM or Retail. {Volume License} can be 1 (True) or 0 (False).

For example:

[EditionID]

Professional

[Channel]

Retail

[VL]

1

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

To find the edition id, use the following id:

1. open command prompt as administrator:

2. create C:\test folder

3. run this command (replace E with whatever drive letter of your usb drive):

dism /mount-wim /wimfile:E:\sources\install.wim /index:1 /mountdir:c:\test /readonly

4. run this command (replace E with whatever drive letter of your usb drive):

dism /image:c:\test /get-currentedition

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